Audiospheres
Tommy The Audioman
Settings Description:
Audio is recorded with Rode NTG2 microphone, Fostex Le recorder, and Premix sound device. Taken in-between 3-4pm, 23 August 2012 in Ledok Timoho, Yogyakarta, during the Islamic fasting month of Ramadhan. Social activities are typically slower than usual during this time of year.
Audible Legend:
soundcloud.com/plainvomit/prelude-1
Upon arrival, Tommy (the audio man) and I went to the most empty spot at the southern part (no 1. on map)
soundcloud.com/plainvomit/procession1
We walked through the settler compound to the other end of the wasteland (no.2, blue line on map)
soundcloud.com/plainvomit/interlude
We were at the northern perimeter of the wasteland, on top of the abandoned bridge (no.3 on map)
soundcloud.com/plainvomit/procession2
We headed to the other way across the compound (no. 4, broken lines on map)
soundcloud.com/plainvomit/recession
This is the last spot where we recorded, at the access alley adjacent to the traffic road (no. 5 on map)
An unexhaustive list of locational sounds:
- Streaming river
- Wind and trees bristling
- Beetles chirping
- Birds twittering
- Chicken clucking
- Dogs barking
- Goats bleating
- Competing sounds of muezzin calling for afternoon praying time
- Talking radio announcer
- Javanese song on radio
- Western rock music on radio
- Construction hammering
- Adults male and female talking
- Adults male and female asking: What are you looking for?
- Adult male washing a matras in the river
- Motorbikes passing
- Food hawker on motorbike honking horn
- Adult male coughing and spitting
- Children talking
- Children shouting
- A group of children mocking at one of its youngest member
- A male child crying after mocked by a group of children
- Airplanes lowering over before landing
- Traffic noise
